Park Ridge, Ill. -- As the winter term of the 2006-07 school year comes to a close, the Big Ten recognizes a total of 436 winter sports student-athletes who have been named to the Academic All-Conference Team. The list of honored student-athletes features 31 men's and 35 women's basketball players, 34 men's and 44 women's gymnasts, 89 men's and 140 women's swimmers and divers and 63 wrestlers. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better.

At least five Big Ten student-athletes have maintained unblemished GPAs. In men's basketball, Northwestern's Ivan Tolic (Gr., Communications Studies) boasts a 4.0 GPA, while Holly Palin (Gr., Communications Studies/Learning & Organizational) has earned a perfect GPA as a member of the Wildcat women's basketball team. Ohio State gymnast Alyssa Meyer (So., Exercise Science Education) boasts a 4.0 GPA and is joined in the exclusive group by Penn State swimmer Molly Crispell (Jr., Biobehavioral Health) and Purdue swimmer Kimbre Vogel (Sr., General Health Sciences).

The Big Ten Academic All-Conference honorees also achieved excellence outside of the classroom.

Minnesota's C.P. Schlatter (Jr., Massillon, Ohio) helped the Golden Gopher wrestling squad to their third national title in program history. In men's basketball, Iowa senior Adam Haluska (Marketing) was named the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year, while claiming consensus All-Big Ten first-team accolades. On the women's side, Illinois' Lori Bjork (So., Political Science) also garnered ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year honors. In the pool, Indiana's Christina Loukas (Jr., Exercise Science) captured Diver of the Championships and Diver of the Year accolades for the second consecutive year, while also collecting academic honors. On the men's side, Ohio State's Kellen Harkness (Sr., Operations Management) won Diver of the Year and Championships after placing first on the three-meter springboard at the Big Ten Championships.

The 2006-07 Winter Academic All-Big Ten selections are listed below by school, along with the number of winter sports sponsored by each university: